[Noisebridge-discuss] desktop computer at welcome desk location

[Danny O'Brien]

I think having a "core" is a really bad idea, and am far more
sympathetic to Jake's idea of encouraging people to take action
themselves. Much as I'm enjoying hacking on the 311 solution,
something about it seemed not quite right, and I think Jake's email
puts its finger on what it is.

I honestly would like to know more about why people didn't eject Jay
from the space. I must admit that it was scary the first time I felt I
had to do it, and afterwards I was a bit more scared by how easy it
turned out to be, and how much I wanted to START THROWING EVERYBODY
OUT.

Anyway, meeting is tonight at 8PM, so we can talk about this endlessly!

And just to remind everyone, before meeting, at 7pm, we have the
social engineering group, whose brief is to come up with technical
solutions to social problems. I'm sure we'll be talking about this a
little then.

d.

(Oh, and for everybody reading this who is assuming it's like the
Terrordome at NB, right now, it really isn't.)

d.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:56 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>
>
>    this brings to my mind the idea of a "core", a group
> of people who recognize in themselves and in each other
> a commitment to noisebridge and a willingness to do work
> to help noisebridge survive for its mission (hacking,
> promoting hacking, cross-fertilization of ideas among
> various arts and disciplines).
>    danny is working on a 311 call system that seems to
> want a set of core people who'll volunteer to respond.
>    the recent episode(s) with drunks suggests the need
> for a set of core people who can quickly act with
> confidence to respond to egregiously unexcellent behavior.
>
>    seems to me useful to promote the idea of a core group
> as an informal social structure with, of course, no formal
> powers and no particular mandate other than to try to help
> noisebridge generally (after all, it seems obnoxious to
> set up some kind of excellence police group, and there are
> other runaway possibilities such a group might spin out on).
>    essentially a core group, in my mind, is simply aware
> of their common interests and can identify each other as
> similarly aware and willing to act together to help out.
>
>    i hope some members and non-members will consider this
> suggestion, which i offer in a doocratic and non-consensus-
> requiring spirit.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 00:39 -0700, Jake wrote:
>> does anyone know who set up the desktop computer at the registration desk
>> location, right when you walk into noisebridge?  The computer is locked
>> with a password so you can only log in as a guest.
>>
>> This means one can't even plug in a FTDI serial cable.
>>
>> The password hint is "di" but all the obvious guesses were tried.
>> If i had my password wiper CD i would use it but I don't.
>>
>> Also, the computer had a problem where it would short out its power supply
>> when you breathed, and it seems to be fixed now... so, password?
>>
>> -jake
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